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{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific_prefix = [[Sheikh]]
| image =
| module = {{Infobox officeholder|embed=yes
| office = [[Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia]]
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| birth_place = [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref>{{cite news|title= حقيقة وفاة مفتى عام السعودية الشيخ (عبد العزيز ال شيخ)|url= https://www.nmisr.com/arab-news/saudi-news/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%89-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF|newspaper= نجوم مصرية|access-date= 19 January 2017|archive-date= 1 August 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170801172156/https://www.nmisr.com/arab-news/saudi-news/%d8%ad%d9%82%d9%8a%d9%82%d8%a9-%d9%88%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%81%d8%aa%d9%89-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d9%8a%d8%ae-%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%af|url-status= live}}</ref>
| other_names =
| alma_mater = [[Imam Muhammad ibn Saud
| known_for =
| nationality = [[Saudi Arabia]]n
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| denomination = [[Sunni]]
| jurisprudence = [[Hanbali]]
| creed = [[
| lineage = [[Al ash-Sheikh]] family
}}
'''Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh''' ({{lang-ar|عبد العزيز بن عبد الله آل الشيخ}} ''ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Āllah Āl ash-Sheikh''; born 30 November 1940) is a
==Biography==
In June 1999, [[King Fahd]] appointed Al Sheikh
==Proclamations==
Following [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s [[Regensburg lecture|quotation of a Byzantine emperor in a lecture]], the
In 2007, the Grand Mufti announced plans to demolish the [[Green Dome]] and flatten the dome.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mecca-for-the-rich-islams-holiest-site-turning-into-vegas-2360114.html|quote=A pamphlet published in 2007 by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, endorsed by Abdulaziz Al Sheikh, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, stated that "the green dome shall be demolished and the three graves flattened in the Prophet's Masjid".|title=Mecca for the rich: Islam's holiest site 'turning into Vegas'. Historic and culturally important landmarks are being destroyed to make way for luxury hotels and malls, reports Jerome Taylor|work=[[The Independent]]|author=Jerome Taylor|date=24 Sep 2011|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-date=16 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616174556/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mecca-for-the-rich-islams-holiest-site-turning-into-vegas-2360114.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In January 2016, while answering a question on a television show in which he issues fatwas in response to viewers' queries on everyday religious matters, Al Sheikh ruled that [[chess]] was forbidden in Islam because it constituted [[gambling]], was a waste of time and money and a cause of hatred and enmity between the players.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/middleeast/grand-mufti-opposes-chess/index.html | title=Checkmate: Saudi grand mufti makes move against chess | work=CNN | date=21 January 2016 | access-date=22 January 2016 | author=Melvin, Don | archive-date=22 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122002551/http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/middleeast/grand-mufti-opposes-chess/index.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Guard1>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/21/chess-forbidden-in-islam-rules-saudi-arabia-grand-mufti|title= Chess forbidden in Islam, rules Saudi mufti, but issue not black and white|author= Kareem Shaheen|work= [[The Guardian]]|publisher= [[Scott Trust Media]]|date= January 21, 2016|access-date= February 10, 2016|archive-date= February 13, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160213200335/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/21/chess-forbidden-in-islam-rules-saudi-arabia-grand-mufti|url-status= live}}</ref>
In September 2016, the Grand Mufti ruled that
==See also==
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